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A member asked:
Can telogen effluvium look like female pattern baldness?
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Yes: The only definitive way to diagnose is to perform a punch biopsy.
Answered 9/14/2013
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I am having hair loss with white blub at the end is it telogen effluvium or can it be male pattern baldness its going on for 2 years?
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